Fahey v. Adams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 72, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, Oct. T., 1917, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of John T. Fahey,-Edgar F. Richards, J. Frank Eiley et al., copartners, trading as John T. Fahey & Co., y. C. V. Adams. Assumpsit for breach of contract. Before Landis, P. J. From the record it appeared that the defendant contracted to sell the plaintiffs three carloads of grain, which he failed to deliver.
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Appeal, No. 72, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, Oct. T., 1917, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of John T. Fahey,-Edgar F. Richards, J. Frank Eiley et al., copartners, trading as John T. Fahey & Co., y. C. V. Adams. Assumpsit for breach of contract. Before Landis, P. J. From the record it appeared that the defendant contracted to sell the plaintiffs three carloads of grain, which he failed to deliver. The statement filed declared upon a written contract. The evidence was that for a long time, beginning immediately after the execution of .the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The plaintiffs brought this action in assumpsit for an alleged breach of contract in the sale of grain. They are grain brokers in the City of Baltimore, and the defendant a dealer in grain, doing business in the City of Lancaster. The claim is based upon the nondelivery of three carloads of wheat. There was little, if any, dispute concerning the facts out of which the controversy arises, the principal contention relating to the modification of the written contracts as to extension of time for delivery, and these were apparently well understood by the parties, as…
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